How Fast Can Your Bumper Car Go?

Even with the numerous safety protocols at family amusement parks, the average bumper car speed is less than 5 miles per hour or equivalent to a brisk walk thus minimizing the risk of spine jostling damage.

Recently, a crew in the UK decided to take the fun activity to the next threshold, by retrofitting a classic fairgrounds model with a high performance 600cc motorbike engine. The results were staggering-

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The crew with a blessing from the BBC achieved the world record speed of 100 mph on an expanse of concrete and with the highest of safety standards thanks to decades and decades of frivolous lawsuits in the brave new global nanny state. One positive out of the accomplishment is that bumper car tracks of the future will be housed in mammoth shopping center and stadium parking lots with speeds averaging 80 to 90 mph. Move over supercollider!

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